Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2012

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<big>'''13th PFCS Awards'''</big><br>
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December 18, 2012
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Best Picture: <br>
<big>''' Argo '''</big>
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The '''13th [[Phoenix Film Critics Society]] Awards''' honoring the best filmmaking of [[2012 in film|2012]], were announced on December 18, 2012.

==Winners and Nominees==

===Best Film===
'''''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'''''
*''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]''
*''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''
*''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
*''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''
*''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''
*''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
*''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''
*''[[Skyfall]]''
*''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''

===Best Director===
'''[[Kathryn Bigelow]]''' — '''''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'''''
*[[Ben Affleck]] — ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
*[[Tom Hooper]] — ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
*[[Ang Lee]] — ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''
*[[Steven Spielberg]] — ''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''

===Best Actor===
'''[[Daniel Day-Lewis]]''' — '''''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]'''''
*[[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]] — ''[[The Sessions (film)|The Sessions]]''
*[[Anthony Hopkins]] — ''[[Hitchcock (film)|Hitchcock]]''
*[[Hugh Jackman]] — ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
*[[Joaquin Phoenix]] — ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''

===Best Actress===
'''[[Jessica Chastain]]''' — '''''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'''''
*[[Jennifer Lawrence]] — ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''
*[[Quvenzhané Wallis]] — ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''
*[[Naomi Watts]] — ''[[The Impossible (2012 film)|The Impossible]]''
*[[Mary Elizabeth Winstead]] — ''[[Smashed (film)|Smashed]]''

===Best Supporting Actor===
'''[[Philip Seymour Hoffman]]''' — '''''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'''''
*[[Javier Bardem]] — ''[[Skyfall]]''
*[[Robert De Niro]] — ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''
*[[Tommy Lee Jones]] — ''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''
*[[Ezra Miller]] — ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]''

===Best Supporting Actress===
'''[[Anne Hathaway]]''' — '''''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'''''
*[[Judi Dench]] — ''[[Skyfall]]''
*[[Sally Field]] — ''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''
*[[Helen Hunt]] — ''[[The Sessions (film)|The Sessions]]''
*[[Emma Watson]] — ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]''

===Best Ensemble Acting===
'''''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'''''
*''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
*''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
*''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''

===Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen===
'''''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''''' — '''[[Wes Anderson]] and [[Roman Coppola]]'''
*''[[Arbitrage (film)|Arbitrage]]'' — [[Nicholas Jarecki]]
*''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'' — [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]
*''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' — [[Mark Boal]]

===Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium===
'''''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]'' — [[Chris Terrio]]'''
*''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'' — [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]], [[Alain Boublil]], [[Claude-Michel Schönberg]], and [[Herbert Kretzmer]]
*''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]'' — [[Stephen Chbosky]]
*''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'' — [[David O. Russell]]

===Best Animated Feature===
'''''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'''''
*''[[Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]''
*''[[Frankenweenie (2012 film)|Frankenweenie]]''
*''[[ParaNorman]]''

===Best Foreign Language Film===
'''''[[The Intouchables]]''''', [[France]]
*''[[A Royal Affair]]'', [[Denmark]]
*''[[Amour (2012 film)|Amour]]'', [[Austria]] / [[France]]
*''[[Headhunters (film)|Headhunters]]'', [[Norway]]
*''[[Jiro Dreams of Sushi]]'', [[Japan]]

===Best Documentary Feature===
'''''[[Searching for Sugar Man]]'''''
*''[[Bully (2011 film)|Bully]]''
*''[[Jiro Dreams of Sushi]]''
*''[[Queen of Versailles]]''

===Best Cinematography===
'''''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''''' — '''[[Claudio Miranda]]'''
*''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'' — [[Danny Cohen (cinematographer)|Danny Cohen]]
*''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]'' — [[Janusz Kamiński]]
*''[[Skyfall]]'' — [[Roger Deakins]]
*''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' — Greig Fraser

===Best Production Design===
'''''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]'''''
*''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]''
*''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
*''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''

===Best Costume Design===
'''''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]'''''
*''[[A Royal Affair]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
*''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
*''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''

===Best Film Editing===
'''''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''''' — '''[[William Goldenberg]]'''
*''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]'' — [[Lee Smith (editor)|Lee Smith]]
*''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' — [[Tim Squyres]]
*''[[Skyfall]]'' — [[Stuart Baird]] and Kate Baird
*''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]'' — [[William Goldenberg]] and [[Dylan Tichenor]]

===Best Visual Effects===
'''''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'''''
*''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]''
*''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
*''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]''

===Best Stunts===
'''''[[Skyfall]]'''''
*''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]''
*''[[The Bourne Legacy (film)|The Bourne Legacy]]''
*''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''
*''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]''

===Best Original Song===
'''''[[Skyfall]]''''' — '''"[[Skyfall (song)|Skyfall]]"'''
*''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'' — "Suddenly"
*''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' — "When Can I See You Again?"

===Best Original Score===
'''''[[Skyfall]]''''' — '''[[Thomas Newman]]'''
*''[[Hitchcock (film)|Hitchcock]]'' — [[Danny Elfman]]
*''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' — [[Mychael Danna]]
*''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]'' — [[John Williams]]

===Best Live Action Family Film===
'''''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'''''
*''[[Big Miracle]]''
*''[[Chimpanzee (film)|Chimpanzee]]''
*''[[The Odd Life of Timothy Green]]''

===Best Youth Performance in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male===
'''[[Tom Holland (actor)|Tom Holland]]''' — '''''[[The Impossible (2012 film)|The Impossible]]'''''
*[[CJ Adams]] — ''[[The Odd Life of Timothy Green]]''
*[[Daniel Huttlestone]] — ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
*[[Jared Gilman]] — ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''

===Best Youth Performance in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female===
'''[[Quvenzhané Wallis]]''' — '''''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]'''''
*[[Isabelle Allen]] — ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
*[[Kara Hayward]] — ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
*[[Maude Apatow]] — ''[[This Is 40]]''

===Breakthrough Performance Behind the Camera===
'''[[Benh Zeitlin]]''' — '''''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]'''''
*[[Craig Zobel]] — ''[[Compliance (film)|Compliance]]''
*[[Stephen Chbosky]] — ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]''
*[[Seth MacFarlane]] — ''[[Ted (film)|Ted]]''

===Breakthrough Performance on Camera===
'''[[Quvenzhané Wallis]]''' — '''''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]'''''
*[[Mark Duplass]] — ''[[Safety Not Guaranteed]]''
*[[Dwight Henry]] — ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''
*[[Suraj Sharma]] — ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''

===Overlooked Film of the Year===
'''''[[Safety Not Guaranteed]]'''''
*''[[The Cabin in the Woods]]''
*''[[Jeff, Who Lives at Home]]''
*''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]''
*''[[Sound of My Voice]]''

==Films with multiple nominations and awards==
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The following 22 films received multiple nominations:

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! scope="col" width="55" | Nominations
! scope="col" align="center" | Film
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| <center>12
| ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''
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| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 8
| ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''
|-
| ''[[Lincoln (2012 film)|Lincoln]]''
|-
| ''[[Skyfall]]''
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 6
| ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
|-
| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 5
| ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''
|-
| ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]''
|-
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 4
| ''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]''
|-
| ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]''
|-
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 3
| ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]''
|-
| ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''
|-
| ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]''
|-
|rowspan=10 style="text-align:center" | 2
| ''[[Cloud Atlas (film)|Cloud Atlas]]''
|-
| ''[[The Dark Knight Rises]]''
|-
| ''[[Hitchcock (film)|Hitchcock]]''
|-
| ''[[Jiro Dreams of Sushi]]''
|-
| ''[[The Impossible (2012 film)|The Impossible]]''
|-
| ''[[The Odd Life of Timothy Green]]''
|-
| ''[[A Royal Affair]]''
|-
| ''[[Safety Not Guaranteed]]''
|-
| ''[[The Sessions (film)|The Sessions]]''
|-
| ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]''
|}

{{Col-2-of-2}}

The following 6 films received multiple awards:

{| class="wikitable" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f6e39c
|-
! scope="col" width="55" | Awards
! scope="col" align="center" | Film
|-
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 3
| ''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''
|-
| ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''
|-
| ''[[Moonrise Kingdom]]''
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| ''[[Skyfall]]''
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| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 2
| ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]''
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| ''[[Zero Dark Thirty]]''
|}
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==References==
*[http://phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/article/205/phoenix-film-critics-society-2012-award-nominations.html Phoenix Film Critics Society 2012 Award Nominations] [[Phoenix Film Critics Society]]
*[http://phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/annual-awards Phoenix Film Critics Society 2012 Annual Awards] [[Phoenix Film Critics Society]]

{{PFCS Awards Chron}}

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